Mount Song | Sōngshān | 嵩山 🏔️ Overview Mount Song, also known as Songshan or Sōngshān (嵩山), is a sacred mountain range in Henan Province, China. Rising beside the historic city of Dengfeng, it is revered as the Central Mountain among the Five Great Mountains of China. Rather than being a single isolated summit, Mount …
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May 07 2026
Mount Qiyun
Mount Qiyun | Qíyūn Shān | 齊雲山 Mount Qiyun rises above the green hills and traditional villages of southern Anhui Province, where reddish cliffs, stone stairways, Taoist temples and drifting clouds create one of eastern China’s most distinctive sacred landscapes. Although its highest point reaches only 585 meters, Mount Qiyun has extraordinary cultural importance. It is …
May 06 2026
Mount Qingcheng
Mount Qingcheng | Qīngchéng Shān | 青城山 🏔️ Overview Mount Qingcheng, or Qingcheng Shan, is a densely forested mountain near Dujiangyan in China’s Sichuan Province. Rising from the western edge of the Chengdu Plain, it is celebrated for its peaceful woodlands, winding stone stairways, traditional temples, and deep association with the development of Taoism. In 142 …
May 02 2026
Mount Lu
Mount Lu | Lushan | Lúshān | Kuanglu | 庐山 🏔️ Overview Mount Lu, also known as Lushan or Lúshān, rises dramatically above the plains of northern Jiangxi Province in eastern China. The mountain stands between the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake, where its forested ridges, sheer cliffs, waterfalls and mist-filled valleys form one of the …
Apr 30 2026
Mount Tai: China’s Sacred Eastern Mountain
Mount Tai | Tai Shan | 泰山 Mount Tai rises above the city of Tai’an in Shandong Province, where ancient stone stairways, temples, ceremonial gates, forests, and thousands of carved inscriptions cover its slopes. Although its summit is modest compared with the enormous peaks of western China, few mountains have played a more important role …
Apr 28 2026
Khüiten Peak: Mongolia’s Highest Mountain
Khüiten Peak | Friendship Peak | Mongolian: Хүйтэн оргил | Chinese: 友谊峰 🏔️ Overview Khüiten Peak is the highest mountain in Mongolia and the loftiest summit of the Tavan Bogd massif in the western Altai Mountains. Its snow-covered summit rises directly on the international border between Mongolia and China, overlooking a remote landscape of glaciers, …
Apr 26 2026
Mount Wutai
Mount Wutai | Wutai Shan | Wutaishan | Mount Qingliang | 五台山 Mount Wutai is a vast sacred mountain landscape in northeastern China’s Shanxi Province. Its name means “Five-Terrace Mountain,” referring to five broad, flat-topped summits arranged around the temple-filled valley of Taihuai. The highest of these, the North Terrace, rises above 3,000 meters and forms the …
Apr 24 2026
Mount Sanqing
Mount Sanqing | Sānqīng Shān | 三清山 🏔️ Overview Mount Sanqing, also known as Sanqingshan, is a spectacular granite mountain massif in northeastern Jiangxi Province, China. Rising above subtropical forests in the Huaiyu Mountains, it is celebrated for its narrow stone pillars, sheer cliffs, weathered pinnacles, waterfalls, windswept pines, and frequently mist-covered valleys. The mountain’s highest …
Apr 23 2026
Mount Longhu
Mount Longhu | Lónghŭ Shān | 龙虎山 Mount Longhu rises from the river valleys of Jiangxi Province as a maze of rounded red cliffs, forested rock towers, hidden caves and winding waterways. Although its summits are modest compared with China’s great alpine mountains, Longhushan is one of the country’s most important sacred landscapes. The mountain is closely …
Apr 22 2026
Mount Heng (Hunan)
Mount Heng | Hengshan | Heng Shan | 南岳 🏔️ Overview Mount Heng, commonly called Hengshan or Nanyue, is a sacred mountain range in Hunan Province, China. It is traditionally recognized as the Southern Mountain of China’s Five Great Mountains, joining Mount Tai, Mount Hua, Mount Song, and the northern Mount Heng in Shanxi Province. …